[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN][FEATURE] 3G modem support

[Daniel Castelo]

As I told before I have made some improvements to this feature: tickets
1652-"Add Connection Information" and 1654-"Add Pin/Puk Configuration" (i
wrote this in the feature page).
To add Pin/Puk configuration support I need to handle the "Authentication
Error". Now i am setting the message "Authentication Error" on the palette
label. This message dissapear when user clicks. This is a good first version
to display errors?

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com> wrote:

> On 27 Jan 2010, at 15:25, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 16:06, Eben Eliason <eben.eliason at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Simon Schampijer <simon at schampijer.de>
> wrote:
> >>> I had a chance to apply the latest code that is attached in #1622 and
> played
> >>> a bit with a gsm-device. I think we discussed this already in some
> parts
> >>> before but I am still not sure about the following:
> >>>
> >>> With my device attached I see the modem and hit 'connect' in the device
> >>> palette. I get no feedback when that action was not successful and what
> went
> >>> wrong. And I have no hint that I should set options in the Control
> Panel.
> >>>
> >>> I know we wanted to keep it simple but maybe someone has a smart idea
> how
> >>> one could enhance the feedback and a hint to use the control panel to
> set
> >>
> >> This sounds like a good time to revive the global notification idea.
> >> The design intent there was to each corner of the screen with one edge
> >> of the Frame (lower-right would be devices), and to have notification
> >> icons (the device icon itself, usually) slide in and out of the
> >> corners to grab attention in various cases, such as a failed
> >> connection attempt.
> >>
> >> We also had thoughts about adjusting the contents of the palette in
> >> these cases, to contain the error message, and also provide options to
> >> resolve the issue. For instance, the GSM device might indicate a
> >> failed connection and offer "try again" and "change settings" options.
> >>
> >> I think nailing this in a way that's useful system-wide and in all
> >> edges of the Frame will take a bit of thought, but this is a good
> >> opportunity to discuss it.
> >
> > I also agree there, but I think that for 0.88 we need something
> > simpler to implement.
>
> Struggling to think of a friendly alternative, best I have just now is to
> keep the palette open until the successful connection is made, you'd be
> looking at a "connecting..." message or spinner of some kind (hopefully with
> an option to cancel); once an error/timeout is reached you are left looking
> at that message in the palette (until you click away).
>
> If the GSM device is not yet configured via the CP, should the device
> palette just report that as the error (ideally with an entry to jump to the
> CP, but that can be a future feature).
>
> Keep in mind we'll have similar UI needs for other devices needing
> configuration (i.e. certainly the printer device GSOC project, if it ever
> make it in to Sugar). Could be nice to offer a jump to the CP option for
> other devices as well in the future (battery device could provide a jump to
> the CP energy saving module; wifi device could provide a jump to the CP
> network module).
>
> >>> the options? Didn't Eben suggested once to add an option to be able to
> >>> launch the CP from within the device?
> >>
> >> Yeah, I think hot-linking directly to the CP module for variouos
> >> devices would be a logical addition.
> >
> > Excellent feature for 0.90.
>
> +1 That seems very sane and useful.
>
> Regards,
> --Gary




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Ing. Daniel Castelo
Plan Ceibal - Área Técnica
Avda. Italia 6201
Montevideo - Uruguay.
Tel.: 601 57 73
E-mail : dcastelo at plan.ceibal.edu.uy
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